Mac Forum / General / Networking / November 2004

We have Xinet running on a Sun file server, very successfully thus
far, but recently we found that file transfers (both directions) have
been very slow -- on the order of 100 times slower than other methods.
Example:  Same server, same *file*, same network spigot, transfer rate

I have a 17" 1.5Mhz Powerbook and an older (white) airport base
station that wasn't used since I got it new. I tried to use it and the
message on my PB was that "there was a problem entering network
clow" (Clow was the name of the network I originally populated it with).

I've recently experienced an unusual problem with ssh (openssh) on both
of my OS X machines (G4 iMac and G4 PowerBook).  I recently applied an
Apple Security Update and also an upgrade to openssh by way of fink.  
The problem occurs whether I use the fink version or the Apple ...

I keep getting this error message:  "There was an error joining the
AirPort network..."
I have to keep trying, and trying, and *then* the computer (OSX 10.3.6)
will join the network.

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When MT-NewsWatcher fetches extra headers, what news server command is
it using to do that?
I do some filtering on NNTP-Posting-Host in some groups, to color-code.
So, it takes an extra step and asks for these headers. What command is

I am setting up a small business; it will have a total of 4 people. As
it is an international film sales agency, the majority of the work
done will be sharing files, tons of e-mail, etc. Nothing too
horrendously out of the ordinary for a moden business.

Can any one tell me how to connect a PC running XP to my Mac G4
running OSX so the PC can log on to the internet as a guest through
the G4 as host please?
Both can see each other through an ethernet box fine and work great

My AirPort base station uses 128-bit WEP encryption.  How can I find
the hex code needed by clients that require a fixed key length?

My guess is that you cannot put 2 routers on a single dsl line.  Anyone
know how to do this if it is possible?

does anybody know how to change MAC address in Mac OS9.x?
thanks!
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Where I work we have received a number of Macs that have no OS on
them.
Frankly I'm a PC guy and don't know much about Macs, we want to be
able to boot these machines and do some very basic testing without

can anybody help me i have a g4 mac without an airport card a net
gear wirless router and pc with wireless card running aol on
broadband how the hell do i get them to talk and connect to the
internet?

I am trying to setup a Belkin PCMCIA card in a Firewire G3 PowerBook
with no luck. The card works fire in the previous model, i.e. the
non-firewire version of the G3 PowerBook. The computer refuses to
recognize the card and fails to register the base station.

Hi,
    My 8GB Samsung Hard Disk is 5 years old. I am having Windows 2000Pro.
Yesterday, when I tred to boot my PC, i heard the tick-tick.. sound
followed by the message of harddisk failure. I restarted and tried to